Nick of Time

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Summary: One of the most underrated suspense movies
Review: "Nick of Time" is one of the movies you never hear that much about. It's hard for me to believe that it's not one of the most popular suspense movies of the last few years. A psychopath (Christopher Walken) gives an accountant (Johnny Depp) a job that he didn't want to have. It's 12:00 noon and if Johnny Depp doesn't kill the governor by 1:30, the psychopaths will kill his daughter. He doesn't want to kill the governor and he tries to get help but everytime he sees a policeman or talks to somebody, he finds the psychopath that hired him right beside him or that either the person he turns to for help is involved in the murderous scheme. Johnny Depp has to either find someone to talk to or he must kill the governor, because he will do anything it takes to see his daughter again.

The people who made "Nick of Time" did a brilliant job in making the film suspenseful with the frequent showing of clocks and the great score of the movie. The music and sound effects couldn't have been better for the movie. "Nick of Time" is also well acted by everyone, especially Christopher Walken, Johnny Depp, and Charles S. Dutton. I think "Nick of Time" is one of the most underrated movies of the 90's. It doesn't get the credit that it well deserves. If you like great suspense movies, I definitely recommend getting "Nick of Time."

Rating:
Summary: One of the most underrated suspense movies
Review: "Nick of Time" is one of the movies you never hear that much about. It's hard for me to believe that it's not one of the most popular suspense movies of the last few years. A psychopath (Christopher Walken) gives an accountant (Johnny Depp) a job that he didn't want to have. It's 12:00 noon and if Johnny Depp doesn't kill the governor by 1:30, the psychopaths will kill his daughter. He doesn't want to kill the governor and he tries to get help but everytime he sees a policeman or talks to somebody, he finds the psychopath that hired him right beside him or that either the person he turns to for help is involved in the murderous scheme. Johnny Depp has to either find someone to talk to or he must kill the governor, because he will do anything it takes to see his daughter again.

The people who made "Nick of Time" did a brilliant job in making the film suspenseful with the frequent showing of clocks and the great score of the movie. The music and sound effects couldn't have been better for the movie. "Nick of Time" is also well acted by everyone, especially Christopher Walken, Johnny Depp, and Charles S. Dutton. I think "Nick of Time" is one of the most underrated movies of the 90's. It doesn't get the credit that it well deserves. If you like great suspense movies, I definitely recommend getting "Nick of Time."

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Summary: Hitchcock would have loved filming it
Review: ... yes this is in HIS tradition(working against the clock - bizarre mix-ups... - yup - working within a strict disciplin)...
Johnny Depp is in his first REAL mainstream role; but fortunately - it is a good 1... And an interesting 1. If u r one of those who must have fires, explosions, Vin Disel; stay away... As for the rest of us... Let`s sit down and enjoy a good suspenser:-))))

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Summary: GOOD IDEA WASTED
Review: A good premise was wasted here. Depp is good as always, Walken too ( altough he's beginning to be repetitive in his roles ). THe beginning of the movie is great, but then it falls apart. GOod to watch without expecting too much from it.

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Summary: Johnny & Christopher
Review: After seeing the way Johnny Depp and Christopher Walken worked together in Tim Burton's horror movie 'Sleepy Hollow,' I knew I had to see 'Nick of Time.' The two actors work together splendidly in both movies.

In this movie, Johnny takes on a more serious role after doing more offbeat films such as 'Ed Wood,' 'Edward Scissorhands,' and 'Benny & Joon.' He plays a desperate father who is being forced to assassinate the mayor of his city before another man (Christopher Walken) kills his daughter.

'Nick of Time' is a wonderfully written movie, and the acting is just as excellent. You can't claim to be a Johnny Depp fan without seeing this movie! One of the best yet!

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Summary: One Of The Best Thrillers Ever!
Review: Along with the crowd of Fargo and Sudden Death, Nick Of Time is right up there. I would highly recommend this movie to the thriller type.

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Summary: The performances salvage a messy plot...
Review: Already with heavy-arsenal names such as Depp and Walken "Nick of Time" still doesn't manage the must-see league of its genre. Without them, hmm, it would quietly drift into oblivion.

It's a rather highly unlikely plot, where the secret service(s) wait till the last moment as the pick someone straight out of the crowd (!) , blackmail him that they'll kill his daughter should he not succumb to a deal where he has to go and kill the governor in a rally about to take place. Now you need as a viewer to get past this before you can begin enjoying the film. If, that is, and that's an "if" that comes with major complications. But back to the plot: what we have here is basically a major joke of an idea. the secret service and security of the governor's rally are all involved in the assasination plot, but since this is so major why would they wait till the last moment to find an assasin even if he needed be a patsy? And how would they have guaranteed results by simply picking him out of a crowd in a station??? This guy could've been a psycho, he could've been a cop, he could've been vasically anybody who wouldnt fit the schem not to mention they dont even check whether this guy can even shoot at all, let alone if he ever held a gun in his hands. Nope, it's as if all this doesn't matter. Yet, the picked patsy (J.Depp) goes along rather easily with the blackmail, which by the way only becomes convincing much, much later in the film, and then more absurdities begin to rain down on us:

the agent who's responsible for putting the whole scheme in motion (Walken) has to be omnipresent to make sure that the the patsy doesnt talk to anyone or doesnt try anything that would put the whole plot in jeopardy. This alone becomes almost comedic at times as Walken is following Depp around coaching him ("go and do your job now" or "dont mess up again" etc etc...) and all the time along Depp tries various methods of revealing the plot to someone or trying to escape to get his daughter back...And everytime Walken gets him back on track with the same monotonous "admonition": "go do what you're told".

The funniest part of that "plot" is where Depp finds a shoeshiner to whom he starts revealing the whole thing but then he passes him off to Walken as deaf even though Walken has been seeing him actually talk at length to the shoeshiner...That's basically where the whole thing falls apart completely..

Still, and considering what kind of faulty plot we're dealing with here, the movie does work. That would be mainly because of Walken's everconvincing performance as well as Depp's but on a secondary level.
Walken, is simply a joy to watch as he pulls off the tough merciless guy role in imposing fashion. He always does actually regardless of role. Depp follows to par without overimpressing really but without letting Walken alone in his task to carry the movie.

The 2 actors are the primary reason to watch this. Other than that, turn off your cerebrum because if you don't you might not make it through. Mostly for fans of Walken and Depp.

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Summary: The performances salvage a messy plot...
Review: Already with heavy-arsenal names such as Depp and Walken "Nick of Time" still doesn't manage the must-see league of its genre. Without them, hmm, it would quietly drift into oblivion.

It's a rather highly unlikely plot, where the secret service(s) wait till the last moment as the pick someone straight out of the crowd (!) , blackmail him that they'll kill his daughter should he not succumb to a deal where he has to go and kill the governor in a rally about to take place. Now you need as a viewer to get past this before you can begin enjoying the film. If, that is, and that's an "if" that comes with major complications. But back to the plot: what we have here is basically a major joke of an idea. the secret service and security of the governor's rally are all involved in the assasination plot, but since this is so major why would they wait till the last moment to find an assasin even if he needed be a patsy? And how would they have guaranteed results by simply picking him out of a crowd in a station??? This guy could've been a psycho, he could've been a cop, he could've been vasically anybody who wouldnt fit the schem not to mention they dont even check whether this guy can even shoot at all, let alone if he ever held a gun in his hands. Nope, it's as if all this doesn't matter. Yet, the picked patsy (J.Depp) goes along rather easily with the blackmail, which by the way only becomes convincing much, much later in the film, and then more absurdities begin to rain down on us:

the agent who's responsible for putting the whole scheme in motion (Walken) has to be omnipresent to make sure that the the patsy doesnt talk to anyone or doesnt try anything that would put the whole plot in jeopardy. This alone becomes almost comedic at times as Walken is following Depp around coaching him ("go and do your job now" or "dont mess up again" etc etc...) and all the time along Depp tries various methods of revealing the plot to someone or trying to escape to get his daughter back...And everytime Walken gets him back on track with the same monotonous "admonition": "go do what you're told".

The funniest part of that "plot" is where Depp finds a shoeshiner to whom he starts revealing the whole thing but then he passes him off to Walken as deaf even though Walken has been seeing him actually talk at length to the shoeshiner...That's basically where the whole thing falls apart completely..

Still, and considering what kind of faulty plot we're dealing with here, the movie does work. That would be mainly because of Walken's everconvincing performance as well as Depp's but on a secondary level.
Walken, is simply a joy to watch as he pulls off the tough merciless guy role in imposing fashion. He always does actually regardless of role. Depp follows to par without overimpressing really but without letting Walken alone in his task to carry the movie.

The 2 actors are the primary reason to watch this. Other than that, turn off your cerebrum because if you don't you might not make it through. Mostly for fans of Walken and Depp.

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Summary: It's a balancing act
Review: As a couple of previous reviewers have noted, there's a little too much heavy-handed pro-liberal push in this movie, and there are many things in the plot that you simply have to take on faith. On the other hand, the real-time plot device is interesting (though the director appears to be a little too proud of it) and the setting, as someone who's lived in California, is plausible. One objection I have to repeat though I've said it once is that the yay-leftism bias is implausible -- bear in mind that California, despite its leftist image in the rest of the nation, has had only three Democratic governors in the entire twentieth century: Pat Brown, Jerry Brown, and Gray Davis. The people of California do tend to pull to the right more than Hollywood gives them credit for.

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Summary: CHRISTOPHER WALKEN IS BRILLIANT! A BREATH-TAKING EXPERIENCE
Review: Christopher Walken is quite possible the best actor to play the part of a psychopath--his eyes glint with anger and his body language threatens the main charcter with menace--and Walken has all of this going for him in "Nick of Time." His line that says: "At one thirty my little girl is dead..say it with me now" resounded in my mind for the entire ride. Depp also turns out a good performance as confused and desperate Gene Watson, who finds himself caught in the midst of an impossible conspiracy. This film is filled to the brim with suspense and never failed to lose my attention. I bought the movie and have recently lost count as to how many times I have watched it. "Nick of Time" is a sure-fire hit!